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Parenting-STAIR Modular for Military Fathers and OCONUS Families

Parenting-STAIR Modular for Military Fathers and OCONUS Families: Testing a Trauma-Informed Intervention to Strengthen Military Family Readiness and Resilience

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a family-based treatment called Parenting-STAIR-Modular (PSTAIR-M) can help military parents recover from trauma, strengthen emotion regulation skills, and improve parent-child relationships. Participants will be trauma-exposed active-duty Service Members (SM) or their spouses who screen positive for PSTD and/or depression, and one identified child (ages 2-10). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Does PSTAIR-M reduce parental PTSD and depression symptoms, lower parenting stress, and improve child behavior compared to treatment-as-usual?; and 2) Is PSTAIR-M feasible and acceptable when delivered to military families stationed overseas? Researchers will compare PSTAIR-M to treatment-as-usual (TAU) to see if PSTAIR-M leads to greater improvements in parental PTSD, depression, parenting stress, emotion regulation, child maltreatment risk, and child behavior than usual care. Participants will: 1) attend 12-16 weekly, 1-hour online treatment sessions with their assigned clinicians, 2) complete three 1-hour online assessments administered by research staff, 3) engage with their child in three 15-30-minute online, observed play sessions, 4) have assessments and observed play sessions audio and video recorded.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Parents who are an active-duty SM or the spouse of an active-duty SM; * With a child aged 2-10 (if more than one child in this age range, parent will identify the index child as having the most problematic behavior); * Legal guardian of the child with legal and physical custody; * Lifetime trauma exposure (LEC-5); * Screen positive for PTSD (defined as a PCL-5 score ≥32 or meeting ≥3 out of 4 DSM-5 symptom criteria \[B, C, D, E\] on the PCL-5) and/or depression (PHQ-9 score ≥8); * Able to speak and understand English or Spanish; * Eligible to receive services at a participating CVN clinic. Exclusion Criteria: * High risk for suicide (Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)); * Current psychotic symptoms (DSM-5-TR Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure Domain VII); * Disability affecting communication, such as deafness; * Index child with severe developmental disability; * Currently receiving another trauma-focused individual mental health treatment.

Study sites (4)

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